Following many requests, we have finally decided to create and make FREELY available to every Language Gym user PowerPoints featuring fully planned MARS EARS sequence matching the content of our new SPANISH SENTENCE BUILDERS TRILOGY. The Language Gym DylanViñales🙋‍♂️🐧 Ronan Jezequel

'There has never been a more important time for language study than the present.' Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom hepi.ac.uk/2023/08/16/kno… via Higher Education Policy Institute

📣Calling everyone involved in #languages in the UK to join The Languages Gateway for its much-awaited launch events! Check out the registration links below for online happenings for #NorthernIreland (7 Nov), #Scotland (14 Nov), #Wales (21 Nov) & #England (28 Nov). Not to be missed! 👇

📢 Attenzione! Teachers of 🇮🇹 in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿- new network group to support the learning and teaching of Italian in Scotland. Sign up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-event……… A presto!

Are you interested in the MA Global Heritage programme and/or the heritage sector? We invite you to our launch event for the Master's Degree in Global Heritage. Tuesday 20 February, online, 09:00 to 10:00. Read more about this event and register: cardiff.ac.uk/community/even…

🏆One month after the #ChoixGoncourtUK 2024 was awarded to Neige Sinno for Triste tigre (P.O.L), relive this award ceremony with this exclusive behind-the-scenes video🎥

And so our 10th LanGW4 conference kicks off with discussions on EDI and AI taking centre stage. Dr Macarena Jiménez and Paula Antela Costa remind us how central self-reflection is to decolonising the curriculum Bristol SML Department of HiPLA

Yan Wen-Thornton and Xiaoxi Sun University of Exeter presenting their wonderful project on a cultural show strengthening the sense of community at university LanGW4

Award-winner Enrico Cecconi on how we can create the urgency of authentic communication in language classes. Brilliant! LanGW4

Very interesting and eye-opening key note by Sascha Stollhans on the importance of including linguistics on MFL Departments in HE and Schools across the country. Very necessary! @inmfl.bsky.social LanGW4

Embedding linguistics in language classes as a way to engage students. Thank you Sascha Stollhans for your insightful keynote presentation. LanGW4

It turns out that students' views on the use of AI are far from being homogeneous. Thank you @BristolFrench Chloe Laborde for your important research. LanGW4 Bristol SML

There is still time to sign the petition against Modern Languages at Cardiff being axed: change.org/p/save-mlang-a…

Scholarship places available for Catalan workshops at this year's edition of Bristol Translates Literary Translation Summer School (7-11 July)! Last days to sign up. More information, programme and other details on their website.

🇫🇷 French teachers in the UK — don’t miss this! Institut français UK offers a rich collection of free, high-quality resources: ready-made lessons, cultural content, digital tools, CPD opportunities, and more to support your teaching at every level. More info👉 institut-francais.org.uk/education-page…

When a language course disappears, so do the chances for students to see the world differently, connect more deeply and understand life beyond our borders. It's not just a loss to academia - it's lesser experiences, quieter voices, narrower minds. Languages make lives richer.

'I have used Italian to speak to people from Romania, Albania, Croatia, Eritrea, Hungary and Germany'. Find out why ML graduate Emily Boaler did not use her English. ciol.org.uk/importance-hav…

Registration is still open for our 10th Colloquium on 23rd June, at the University of Exeter. We are excited to explore the various ways in which we can harness creativity in MFL, whilst the second panel will be focusing on the theme of community. langw4.com

AI and Biga data are not the only skills on the rise. #CreativeThinking is projected to grow in importance faster than any other soft skill. At LanGW4 2025 I spoke about why Language Teachers are ideally placed to help students develop it.

Check out this important new podcast on the value of speaking other languages - with Wendy Bennett. The conversation looks at how the languages we speak shape our sense of identity, influence how we think and reason, and affect how we relate to others. It explores how